Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-06-18
w HOLE No. 819.

s. The Initiation Fee for each member shall
be 81, and the Regular Dnes 25 cents month,
all to be paid strictly in advance
8. This Constitution may be amended by
two-thirds of the members at any meeting, or
by majority where a recommendation has
been made by the Board of Directors and due
notice of the same has been given
A committee of FIVE, including chair
man, to solicit membership was, on
motion, ordered, and the chair APP
pointed Messrs. F. S. DICKENS, Will
liam Noel, Henry Jandorf and D. E.
Shaffer to aid him.
Deaths and FunerdIs.-Brief an
nouncement Of the death of Will
liam s. Douglas, son of Judge John
Douglas, of Homecoming, was made in
these columns last week. He died at
$50 Saturday morning, aged about 80
years. He was assistant superintend-
ent of the Georges Creek coal and iron
comr any, of which his father is super
tendent, and was also interested with
r. l.. Somerville, in the lumber bus
mess, near Bloomington. OF fine bus
mess requirements and habits he
stood high in an extensive and in.
fluential acquaintance. He was the
last Of four children, all grown, who
within few years have fallen victims
to Il malignant lung disease, and this
bereavement of the parents clicits the
sorrow of all who know them. The
remains, attended by largo body of
relatives and friends, were inferred in
Allegany cemetery Monday.
The funeral of Walter Edwards
was largely attended. Services were
held ut the NJ. E. Church. Rev's II. s.
France, pastor, and John Edwards, of
Martinsburg, W. Va, brother of the
deceased, delivered addresses. The
knights of Honor and Royal Arcanum
joined i'll an escort of the remains to
the place of interment in Allegany
cemetery, the persoael3e of which was as
follows: Messrs. G.. II. Wittig, Ben
jamin Williams, Daniel Krapf, Chris.
tian Lchl, Conrad Ont. D. j. Betz, w.
II: Koch, IL. B. Colborn, D. Arm
strong, J. NJ. Zimmerly and Jabez
Warn. The Grand Lodge of the
Royal Arcanum, located in Baltimore,
of which Mr.. Edwards was Il member,
sent a magnificent floral crown. Other
contributions of this character were
numerous and beautiful. The bus
mess community testified the high re-
gard in which the deceased merchant
was held by supending business during
the funeral.
A short while after the attendants
at Mr.. Edwards funeral had returned
from the cemetery Thomas McNeill
died, DR.. A. j. Mason had been TO
see him about o'clock and administer
ed some medicine. On the doctors
return to see his patient an hour later
he was met by Mrs. D. j. Betz with
the Intelligence that Mr.. McNeill was
dead. Apart from the fact that he
had been left alone but short time an
examination showed he had been dead
but Il few minutes. Heart disease and
advanced age were the causes of death.
Accounts of Mr. McNeill's age coz
dict, but the most authentic report
fixes his birth at or near Cumberland
March IA, 1903. He was therefore "a
years, 9 months and q days old. In
early life he was a partner here of
Isaiah and Meshach Frost in the mer-
camille business; later a salesman of
Lloyd & r. 7. Lowndes at Western
port; thence he removed to Cumber-
land and became an employee of
George Hoblitzell; afterward he join
ed his brother, Asbury, a physician,
in the drug business at Shepherds
town, W. Va. ; thence he removed to
Springfield. ILL.,, where he kept store,
and in lS47 he returned to Frostburg.
Except two years spent in Cumberland,
here he remained until death, all the
while until Il few years ago engaged
in mercantile pursuits. In late years
he had been known as "Uncle Tom
N.Y." and was tenderly regarded by
old and young. His "cheerfulness"
and ''fondness for children" quoting
from his pastor, were proverbial. 1t
is related of him that while at Shep-
herdstown he saw and loved a Vir-
ginia lady. To her he became af-
fanced, but during the preparations
for the wedding the lady fell ill and
died, Though he rarely spoke of this
turn in his life, it is certain he cherish
ed her memory and remained inilexibly
loyal to troth which could never be
consummated on earth. In accordance
with request he repeatedly made to
brethren of the Masonic Order, the re-
mains were taken in charge Tuesday
by Mountain Lodge, No. 90, A., F. and
A. NJ, Of which he had been member
many years, and conveyed to the NJ.
e. Church. Rev. II. S. France de
livered Il touching address. The cortege
moved TO Allegany cemetery and con-